2017 Gold Cup (rugby union)

The 2017 Gold Cup was the second season of the Gold Cup competition since its name change, having previously been known as the Community Cup. The competition was the top competition for non-university rugby union clubs in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

2017 Gold Cup
CountriesSouth Africa,
Namibia and
Zimbabwe
Date9 September – 29 October 2017

The 2017 competition retained the same timeslot as the 2016 edition, taking place between 9 September and 29 October 2017.

Competition rules and information

The format of the Gold Cup was the same as the Rugby World Cup. The teams were divided into four pools, each containing five teams. Each team played four pool games, facing all the other teams in their pools once, with two of those matches being home games and two being away games.

The winner and runner-up of each pool entered the play-off stage, which consisted of quarter finals, semi-finals and the final. The winner of each pool met the runner-up of a different pool in a quarter final, at the home venue of the pool winner. The winner of each quarter-final progressed to the semi-finals and the semi-final winners to the final, which was held at the home venue of the finalist with the best record in the pool stages.

Qualification

Defending champions Rustenburg Impala qualified for the 2017 Gold Cup competition. They will be joined by the highest-placed non-university clubs from the club leagues of South Africa's fourteen provincial unions, Limpopo, Namibia and Zimbabwe, plus two wildcard spots.

Teams

The following teams qualified for the 2017 Gold Cup:

Location of teams in the 2017 Gold Cup
South Africa
Bloemfontein Police
College Rovers
Northam Rhinos
Old Selbornians
Progress (George)
Progress (Uitenhage)
Rustenburg Impala
Sasol
Sishen
Swallows
Vaal Reefs
Welkom
Gauteng Western Cape
Raiders
Vereeniging
False Bay
Roses United
Tygerberg
Namibia Zimbabwe
Western Suburbs
Old Georgians
Teams in Pool A, Pool B, Pool C and Pool D

Team Listing
Team Sponsored Name Union Pool
Bloemfontein PoliceRecall Security Bloemfontein PoliceFree StatePool A
College RoversGo Nutz College RoversKwaZulu-NatalPool D
False BayDirectAxis False BayWestern ProvincePool D
Northam RhinosNortham Platinum RhinosLimpopo Blue BullsPool B
Old GeorgiansOld GeorgiansZimbabwePool B
Old SelborniansMike Pendock Motors Old SelborniansBorderPool C
Progress (George)Progress (George)SWDPool C
Progress (Uitenhage)Progress (Uitenhage)Eastern ProvincePool C
QBRQBRBlue BullsPool B
RaidersRaidersGolden LionsPool B
Roses UnitedRoses UnitedBolandPool D
Rustenburg ImpalaNewrak Rustenburg ImpalaLeopardsPool A
SasolSasol Hydra-ARC RugbyMpumalangaPool A
SishenIMT SishenGriquasPool D
SwallowsSwallowsBorderPool C
TygerbergTygerbergWestern ProvincePool C
Vaal ReefsSpeedy Car Sales Vaal ReefsLeopardsPool B
VereenigingWeziswe Security VereenigingValkePool A
WelkomHuman Auto WelkomGriffonsPool A
Western SuburbsFNB Western SuburbsNamibiaPool D
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  • "SA Rugby Competition – 2016 Gold Cup". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  • Gold Cup Rugby on Twitter

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